Early Years Workshop Tuesday 21st November

Outcomes of the session… Gain an understanding of how Reading and maths is taught in the Early Years Gain strategies to support my child at home with reading and maths Gain understanding of the EYFS curriculum

Reading in EYFS Early Learning Goal (where my child needs to be by the end of Reception class) Children read and understand simple sentences. They use phonic knowledge to decode regular words and read them aloud accurately. They also read some common irregular words. They demonstrate understanding when talking with others about what they have read.

Phonics Using phonics sounds is a way of decoding words by breaking them into sounds and blending them together

Phonics As a school we send home the phonic sounds the children have learnt that week. This needs to be practiced at school and at home as much as possible. Ask your child to help you spot letters in street signs or books, While you’re shopping ask your child to pick up an a-p-p-le (sound out the word for them to blend)

Developing comprehension Retrieval questions; Finding information in the text or picture Interpret questions; Explain how the character might be feeling (using inference skills) Using background knowledge to answer What is going to happen next? (prediction skills)

Retrieval: How many leaves can you see? What is the animal? How many stars can you see? What is the title of the book? Interpret: What time of day is it? Why are the leaves falling off the tree? What do you think this book is going to be about? Why?

Developing fluency What is fluency? How to develop fluency? Being able to read accurately, with pace, intonation (pitch) and expression. How to develop fluency? Read aloud to your child to provide an example of how fluent reading sounds. Give your child books with predictable vocabulary and repetition. Use books with audio books; have the child follow along in the print copy. Readingrockets.org

Top tips Make the time Take turns to read Make reading relevant Talk about the book Pay attention to the language Enjoy reading time Oxfordowl.co.uk

Useful links https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/starting-school/reading-in-school/ http://jollylearning.co.uk/ https://www.teachyourmonstertoread.com/ https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/

Maths in EYFS Early learning goal: numbers Children count reliably with numbers from one to 20, place them in order and say which number is one more or one less than a given number. Using quantities and objects, they add and subtract two single-digit numbers and count on or back to find the answer. They solve problems, including doubling, halving and sharing. Early learning goal: shape, space and measures Children use everyday language to talk about size, weight, capacity, position, distance, time and money to compare quantities and objects and to solve problems. They recognise, create and describe patterns. They explore characteristics of everyday objects and shapes and use mathematical language to describe them

Shape, space, measures Measures; cooking, discuss size of cakes etc. Capacity; play with water and fill up bottles, full, half full etc. Weight; sort household objects into heavy and light Patterns; Use colours or objects to create patterns

Numbers Counting real life object around the house (toys, fruit, teddies) Numbers in order; build a number washing line Use objects to begin simple addition and subtraction Share the fruit in the bowl Who has more apples, who has less oranges

Top tips Use real resources Play counting games Play hunting games Use objects around the house Have fun Make it simple

Where to find the curriculum statements… https://www.foundationyears.org.uk/files/2012/03/Early_Years_Outcomes.pdf OR Search on google for ‘Early Years Outcomes’